Hazel Barton

Hazel A. Barton (* 1972 in Bristol ) is professor of microbiology at Northern Kentucky University and well-known speleologist .

Live and act

Born in Bristol, Barton grew up in a suburb of Brislington Village. Her teacher, Martin Upson at the Brislington Comprehensive School , encouraged her early interest in science, particularly biology . At the age of 14 she visited a cave for the first time and developed an interest in cave exploration and in cave animals . Barton studied applied life sciences at the University of the West of England . After completing her bachelor's degree , she moved to Colorado , where she continued her studies at the Health Sciences Center Denver , which she received in 1997 with a Ph.D. for Microbiology and Immunology completed. She then worked for two years in the surgical department. Barton accepted a position as Professor of Integrative Science at Northern Kentucky University and is also an Associate Professor of Life Sciences .

Hazel Barton is also known as an avid speleologist. She explored caves on five continents , won several awards for cave mapping, and was the director of the National Speleological Society (NSS) and the Quintana Roo Speleological Survey .

She made several appearances on television including the CBS morning show before being nominated as a "Koeghan Hero" by Phil Koeghan in 2007 . Performances with Barton demonstrated the research into caves and the microbiological life that these harsh environments contain. She has published numerous publications on caving and extremophile bacteria and was co-author with Nancy Aulenbach of the 2001 IMAX film Fantastische Höhlen - In der Tiefen der Erde (produced by Michael J. Cudahy ). The result was a children's book that she published.

Fonts

with HA Bullen, SA Oehrle, AF Bennett, NM Taylor: Use of attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to identify microbial metabolic products on carbonate mineral surfaces. In: Appl Environ Microbiol. 74 (2008), pp. 4553-4559. doi: 10.1128 / AEM.02936-07 , PMID 18502924
with JR Spear, CE Robertson, CA Francis, NR Pace: Microbial community biofabrics in a geothermal mine adit. In: Appl Environ Microbiol. 73 (2007), pp. 6172-6180. doi: 10.1128 / AEM.00393-07 , PMID 17693567
with F. Luiszer: Microbial metabolic structure in a sulfidic cave hot spring: potential mechanisms of biospeleogenesis. (PDF file; 458 kB) In: Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 67 (2005), pp. 28-38.
with NM Taylor, BR Lubbers and AC Pemberton: DNA extraction from low-biomass carbonate rock: an improved method with reduced contamination and the low-biomass contaminant database. In: J Microbiol Methods. 66, 2006, pp. 21-31. doi: 10.1016 / j.mimet.2005.10.005 , PMID 16305811
with JR Spear, NR Pace: Microbial life in the underworld: Biogenicity in secondary mineral formations. In: Geomicrobiology Journal. 18 (2001), pp. 359-368. doi: 10.1080 / 01490450152467840
Introduction to cave microbiology: a review for the non-specialist. (PDF file; 839 kB) In: Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 68: 43-54 (2006)
with DE Northup: Geomicrobiology in cave environments: past, current and future perspectives. (PDF file; 1001 kB) In: Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 69 (2007), pp. 163-178.
with V. Jurado: What's Up Down There? Microbial Diversity in Caves. In: Microbe- American Society for Microbiology . 2 (2007), p. 132.

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Personal information ( memento of September 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Hazel A. Barton's website ( December 27, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive )
Monte Burke: Mavericks: Cave Woman. In: Forbes . April 11, 2005, last accessed July 8, 2009.
Jakob Kneser and Pina Dietsche with Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim and Stefan Voigt : Enigmatic caves - how we discover the world under our feet , WDR - Quarks from March 12, 2019 (YouTube)

Individual evidence

^ Nancy Aulenbach, Hazel A Barton: Exploring Caves: Journeys into the Earth. National Geographic Society, 2001, ISBN 0-7922-7721-X .
↑ Mysterious caves - how we discover the world under our feet. March 11, 2019, accessed March 21, 2019 .
↑ Hartmut Breyer: Ennepetal: Heilenbecker Höhle becomes a movie star. February 24, 2019, accessed on March 21, 2019 (German).

personal data
SURNAME	Barton, Hazel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Barton, Hazel A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British microbiologist and speleologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bristol

[1] Nancy Aulenbach, Hazel A Barton: Exploring Caves: Journeys into the Earth. National Geographic Society, 2001, ISBN 0-7922-7721-X .

[2] Mysterious caves - how we discover the world under our feet. March 11, 2019, accessed March 21, 2019 .

[3] Hartmut Breyer: Ennepetal: Heilenbecker Höhle becomes a movie star. February 24, 2019, accessed on March 21, 2019 (German).